Anybody want to help me map New York State lakes and Ponds? I have a service which goes through the GNIS listing (complete listing ... not just the ones imported into OSM), picks "the next" lake or pond, and returns a redirect to JOSM's remote control. All it does is position you to the GNIS location of the lake. It's up to you to decide if it needs mapping (I've discarded a few because the lake has filled up with vegetation and has plants growing on its entire surface), has already been mapped, or needs to be mapped.
Nearly all of these bodies of water have a name available on the USGS Topographic maps. I keep two imagery sources open: the USGS Topo, and Bing. Digitize using Bing, decide if it's a natural pond (natural=water) or a dammed reservoir (landuse=reservoir), add the tag, make the Topo visible, and add the name tag. Some people are adding water=pond or water=lake, but I'm not sure what the distinction is supposed to be, and after seeing a hundred or so, the choice of Pond or Lake seems completely arbitrary. http://russnelson.com/next.cgi ... but please don't visit it unless you plan to enter the lake or pond in question, because there's no way to say "oh gosh, I'm just visiting this idly and don't plan to enter the lake presented to me." -- --my blog is at http://blog.russnelson.com Crynwr supports open source software 521 Pleasant Valley Rd. | +1 315-600-8815 Potsdam, NY 13676-3213 | Sheepdog _______________________________________________ Talk-us mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
